Rollei Prego dp6300 digital camera introduction : The panorama from your last holiday, poster-size. Whoever would like to blow up his or her digital photos should turn to a high-pixel camera. Like the powerful new Rollei Prego dp6300 with its 6.3 Megapixels. In its stylish and rugged stainless-steel body, with a 3x zoom lens and a 4x digital zoom as well as numerous custom modes and manual settings, the Rollei dp6300 makes high quality photos accessible to amateur photographers. As of end of July 2004, the Prego will be available for ? 449 (including VAT). The versatility of the Rollei Prego dp6300 is hard to beat: you can send your friends a brief video message or record a particularly memorable scene from your holiday trip.

Epson America is once again focusing its efforts on capturing important memories with the introduction of the EPSON PhotoPC L-410. The EPSON PhotoPC L-410 is a compact, four megapixel digital camera that incorporates high-speed continuous shooting, records video clips and offers a new creative feature called PRINT Image Framer, which adds fun frames to any photo with a touch of a button. The EPSON PhotoPC L-410 is ideal for anyone that wants to capture important memories easily and quickly, without having to compromise quality. In addition to its 4.0 megapixel CCD sensor, this compact and sleek camera includes a 3x optical zoom and a 3x digital zoom, a 1.5 inch high-quality LCD screen and PRINT Image Matching II technology.

Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3 camera introduction: With a CCD-shift Anti-Shake System to accompany the 12X optical zoom, the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3 gives you amazingly steady and reliable telephoto shots. It also gets you the shot right away with a Rapid AF that's the fastest auto focus in its class. The AF also has a Predictive Focus Control, which gives unmatched high-speed focusing that brings out the very best in the Z3's superior ability to capture moving objects. Previously a function only on the high-end DiMAGE A-series, the CCD-shift Anti-Shake System is now on the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3. This system compensates to minimize the effect of camera shake at 2-3 shutter speeds slower than on cameras without an Anti-Shake function.

Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z10 camera introduction : Get that precious close-up of the expression on your child's face with the 8X optical zoom. Capture your pet doing something amusingly unexpected using the Rapid AF with Predictive Focus Control and with a 0.5-second fastest-in-class start-up. The Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z10 saves those everyday miracles exactly the way you want to remember them. And you can keep on shooting for extended periods of time thanks to the energy efficient design that gives you up to 500 frames with the included AA alkaline batteries. The Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z10's 8X optical Mega Zoom and 4X digital zoom combine for a total 32X zoom, allowing you to capture everything from sport events to panoramic scenery.

Konica Minolta DiMAGE X50 camera introduction : Konica Minolta DiMAGE X50 is handy enough to take anywhere and stylish enough to show everyone. Add the fastest-in-class start-up time, 2.8X non-protruding optical zoom, 5 Megapixel CCD, and large 2-inch LCD, and you've got a high quality digital camera in a sleek, compact package. The 5 Megapixel Konica Minolta DiMAGE X50 digital camera takes the DiMAGE X series' concept of "thin, fast and stylish" and adds even more speed. With its non-protruding zooms lens, the Konica Minolta DiMAGE X50 fits neatly in a breast pocket and is ready when you are, thanks to the approx. 0.5-second start-up time, to take those spur-of-the-moment shots and ensure that you never miss a photo opportunity.

The rumours were already floating around the Internet, but this time it's official and more specifications are available. The new Praktica Luxmedia 4008 reminds of a SLR-type digital camera. The design is different from that of an entry-level camera. The robust body protects the compact technology, which covers the requirements of ambitious photographer. It is also the first Praktica camera with the new name Luxmedia. Praktica really believes in the strong concept of the camera; an perfect price-performance-ratio, which is of course not unusual to Praktica. The high quality bright lens has a 8x optical zoom that delivers perfect pictures in combination of a 4.2 Megapixel CCD. On the back we find a 1.6-inch colour TFT-display.

The FinePix F410 and F420 will both get a follow-up. Fujifilm announced the FinePix F440 Zoom and FinePix F450 Zoom: five and four Megapixel resolutions, with a 3.4 times optical zoom, two inch LCD screen, and housed in a design so small that it can be hidden behind a single Post-It Note. Borrowing the good looks of their predecessors - the popular FinePix F410 and F420 Zoom - the trim figures of these new models are possible thanks to a newly developed lens structure. The clever lens design makes these cameras' enviable vital statistics achievable (W 74.5 x H 62.3 x D 21.3 mm and a body weight of just 150g). The FinePix F440 and F450 Zoom will be available in August 2004. Pricing will be announced nearer to the date of retail launch.